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Dancers in the Rehearsal Room with a Double Bass, ca. 1882–85
Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)
Oil on canvas; 15 3/8 x 35 1/4 in. (39.1 x 89.5 cm)
H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 (29.100.127)

For more than twenty years, Degas used an elongated frieze format for his various compositions of dancers in a rehearsal room. This painting of about 1882–85 is probably the second in a series of over forty horizontal rehearsal pictures. It was preceded by The Dance Lesson, which can be firmly dated to 1879 (Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Va.).

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    • Dancers in the Rehearsal Room with a Double Bass, ca. 1882–85
    Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)
    Oil on canvas; 15 3/8 x 35 1/4 in. (39.1 x 89.5 cm)
    H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 (29.100.127)